Good Afternoon Everyone!

I hope you had a lovely weekend and got to enjoy some of the warm weather! Tomorrow is day 3 (Gym and Music). Please make sure to wear your gym clothes to school, bring your gym shoes and don't forget your instrument at home!

Our Fall Fundraiser is HERE! What used to be our Spring Fundraiser is now our Fall Fundraiser and we need your help. This year, all funds raised will go towards our Art Productions, physical activity equipment and more Chromebooks. There will be a variety of exciting events and amazing prizes for students to win through their participation. These include sitting in the teacher chair for a day and decorating Mr. Oliver’s face with makeup!! The class who brings in the most money will win a pizza and movie party. For students in Grade 3-6 who bring in a minimum of $40 on top of the daily activities will attend a trip to Glow Zone and those students in JK-Grade 2 will attend a trip to Kidsport. Permission forms for Glow Zone were sent home today. For those families who have already paid the $40, all I will need is your signature! It is not too late to be able to attend Glow Zone. Just bring in your $40 and permission form and you are all set! 

Daily Activities – Each activity costs $2.00!!

Tuesday, September 24th is Popcorn Day. A lucky student will also have a chance to silly string a teacher!

Wednesday, September 25th is Ice Cream Sandwich Day. A lucky student will also have a chance to decorate Mr. Oliver’s face with makeup!

Thursday, September 26th is Wacky Thursday. A lucky student will also have a chance to style a teacher’s hair!

Friday, September 27th is Casual Day and Dance Party (JK-Grade 2) and Electronics Day and Casual Day (Grade 3-6). A lucky student will also have a chance to pie a teacher in the face with a pie!

Tuesday, October 1^st, is our first extracurricular activity of the year. We will be heading to The Old Pro Driving Range. We will be leaving at 9:30 AM and we will return by 12:00 PM to have lunch. Students will be required to wear their SJA gym uniform, outdoor shoes, and must dress according to the weather, as this will be an outdoor activity. Permission forms were sent home today and are due back no later than Wednesday, September 25^th. There is no cost to this activity.

October Lunches

Site is now open. 

Site closes Wednesday, September 25th at 3:00pm 

Special of the month: 3 pancakes with vanilla cream with an option of syrup for $5.00 OR 1 pancake with vanilla cream with an option of syrup for $2.50 on Fridays. 

All payments are to be made through quickbooks. 

** A kind reminder to please order under the correct teacher and grade! For example: Cass, Grade 5

Polar Expressions is back again this year and they are looking for students to have the chance to publish poems and short stories in an upcoming book. Information sheets have been sent. Students who are interested in this competition can do so on their own time, as class time will not be given. The deadline for poems is November 29^th and the deadline for short stories is December 6^th.

Inquiry into Language

Today in language we wrote our spelling words in our agendas and began working on spelling lesson #3: to spell words in which f, ff, gh, and ph that spell the f sound. Students who finished early had time to start on chapter 6 and 7 comprehension questions. 

We also had some time to practice our typing on typingclub.com.

Inquiry into Mathematics

Today in math we learned to divide by a 2-digit number. Please see below on how we divide by a two-digit number.

Points to Remember

Multiplication and division strategies - For example, for multiplication 100 x 10 = 1,000 (we multiply 1 x 1 to get 1 and then add 3 zeros – 2 in 100 and 1 in 10 = 1,000) and for division 1,000,000/100,000 = 10 (1/1 = 1 and then we took away 5 zeros from 100,000 and 5 zeros from 1,000,000 which left us with 10).

Standard form is 3,961. Expanded form would be 3,000 + 900 + 60 + 1 and number-word form would be 3 thousand, 961. We also realized that when using a place value chart, each group of three place values is called a period. With in each period the digits of a number are read as hundred, tens, and ones.

Place value chart:

Millions Period

Thousands Period

Units Period

H M	T M	M	H T	T T	T	H	T	O

H M – hundred million

T M – ten million

M – million

H T – hundred thousand

T T – ten thousand

T – thousand

H – hundreds

T – tens

O – ones

Multiples can be found by starting at the number and counting on by that number. For example, multiples of 4 are 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, etc. Multiples of 6 are 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, etc. 

A common multiple is a number that is a multiple of each of two or more given numbers. For example, common multiples of 4 and 6 are 12, 24, and 36 as those numbers appear in the multiples list (4 and 6). Each common multiple of 4 and 6 is divisible by 4 and 6.  

A prime number has only two factors, 1 and itself. For example, 5 ( 1 x 5)

A composite numberhas more than 2 factors. For example, 12. What is a factor you ask? Factors are the number in a multiplication sentence that you multiply together to get the product (the answer). For example the factors in 2 x 3 = 6 are 2 and 3.

We can use mental math to add by rearranging and using compatible numbers. For example:  60 + 35 + 40
 60 + 35 + 40 = (60+40)+35
= 100+35
=135

Remember changing the order of the numbers being added or multiples does not change the sum of the product!

We can use mental math to multiply by rearranging and using compatible numbers. For example: 4 x 19 x 25.
4 x 19 x 25=  19 x (4 x 25)
= 19 x 100
= 1900

We can also break one fo the numbers apart to make numbers that are simple to work with. For example: 6 x 27.
6 x 27 = 6 (20 x 7)
= (6x20) + (6 x7)
= 120 + 42
= 162

Remember when you are adding and subtracting that your ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, and ten thousands column should always line up! 

    1234

+ 1234

----------

   2345

- 1234

---------Remember when checking your work (using the inverse operation) for subtraction you take your larger number and subtract it from your answer. Or you can add your answer and the bottom number together to get your top number. 

Multiplying whole numbers 

Unit of Inquiry

Today we examined physical and chemical changes. A physical change is a change in a substance’s physical properties. Physical changes do not cause a substance (or matter) to become another substance and can typically be ‘undone.’ Examples are rain to sleet, wood to sawdust, and wax to melted wax. A chemical change in a change in a substance’s chemical properties. Chemical changes cause a substance to change into a new substance and cannot be ‘undone.’ Examples are a rusting nail, burning a log, and the souring of milk. Phase changes include boiling, freezing, melting, and condensing. We watched a Bill Nye the Science Guy video to assist with our learning and completed a worksheet to go along with the video. Once the video was over, we reviewed the four phases of matter; melting (ice to water), vaporizing (boiling water steam), freezing (water to ice), and condensing (cloudy mirror in bathroom).

Homework/ Reminders:
- MMS Math pg. 30-31 due tomorrow

- Spelling lesson #3 due Wednesday 

- Fall fundraiser pledges due Sept 27th

- Return phone call form by Friday

- Popcorn day tomorrow

Important dates/items:

September 20-27 - Fall Fundraiser
Wednesday, September 25 - Casual Day and golf permission forms due

Friday, September 27 - Fall fundraiser pledges and forms due
Monday, September 30 - Orange Shirt Day

Monday, October 1 and 2 - Math test and Bake sale
Friday, October 4^th – Nea Archi Event (for new families), 7 pm – 9 pm

Have a wonderful night!

Ms. Cass